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Blockchain and Demand Response: Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Energy Transactions Privacy.
Claudia Daniela Pop1, Marcel Antal1, Tudor Cioara1
1Computer Science Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Memorandumului 28, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 8, 2020
Summary
Decentralized demand response programs using blockchain and zero-knowledge proofs enhance prosumer participation. This solution protects energy data privacy while ensuring program activity validation on the blockchain.
Area of Science:
- Energy Systems
- Blockchain Technology
- Cybersecurity
Background:
- Demand response program adoption is hindered by prosumer concerns regarding data privacy and control.
- Decentralization via blockchain offers potential benefits like transparency and increased prosumer engagement.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a decentralized demand response program implementation using blockchain technology.
- To address prosumer energy data privacy concerns within a public blockchain framework.
- To validate prosumer activity and ensure program integrity through smart contracts.
Main Methods:
- Implementation of a decentralized demand response system on a public blockchain.
- Utilization of zero-knowledge proofs to preserve the privacy of prosumer energy data.
- Employment of smart contracts for validating prosumer activity and settling program participation.
Main Results:
- The proposed solution effectively maintains the privacy of sensitive prosumer energy data on the public blockchain.
- Zero-knowledge proofs enable private data validation, allowing for detection of deviations from demand response requests.
- Smart contracts facilitate the settlement of prosumer activities within the decentralized program.
Conclusions:
- The decentralized approach enhances prosumer trust and participation in demand response programs.
- The integration of zero-knowledge proofs and blockchain provides a secure and private framework for energy data management.
- This model offers a promising solution for overcoming adoption barriers in demand response initiatives.
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